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Choosing Wisely: Lume Cube XL COB LED Light is Ideal for Content Creation, Video & Photo
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jan 03, 2025

The app-controlled Lume Cube XL Mini COB LED packs exceptional power and high-end features into an amazingly compact package. It's targeted toward content creators, studio professionals, and enthusiasts who want to up their game. It's also genuinely fun to use, and opens new avenues of creativity.

Our Choosing Wisely series aims to deliver concise, summarized information about products we think you'll like. Read what Choosing Wisely wrote about the Lume Cube XL.

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Holiday Lights Beg to be Blurred. Here’s How.
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 27, 2024

Whether the holidays bring out your “Humbug!” or your “Ho, ho, ho!” there’s one thing you must admit: it’s the most colorful season of the year. Except maybe for spring. And autumn. Anyway, all seasonal colors are just begging to be zoomed, blurred and pleasantly smeared. Smartphone users: you can play too.

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How To Have Photo Fun In The Winter
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 20, 2024

Photo fun when it's colder than a polar bear's tail and snowing like a feather pillow shoved into a woodchipper? Yes, it's possible. Winter is unavoidable, but the perils it presents can be greatly minimized. Here are some tips to keep you clicking in cold weather.

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Nikon Z Owners: Enjoy Affordable, Superb Nikon Brand Lenses Via An Inexpensive Adapter
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 13, 2024

This isn't an ad. It's a how-to that gives you the ins and outs of using lens mount adapters to inexpensively engage some of the best glass ever made—easily and cheaply.

We're amazed that not everyone knows this. Nikon Z owners can adapt legacy Nikon F-mount optics—made by Nikon, and state-of-the-art when they were originally introduced—that work in Manual Focus Mode and Aperture Priority or Manual Exposure Mode—and they're a genuine steal compared to the price of modern optics. It's very easy and very affordable. A huge plus: while many don't realize it, the image quality is exceptional, even when compared to current lenses. Wait—there's more…

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 25 — Top New Features & My 7 Favorite "Old" Features
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 06, 2024

Exciting AI-powered features added to Adobe Photoshop Elements make version 25 more powerful, more fun and even easier to use. Here's a recap of the top 5 new features, with before/after examples, plus the 7 preexisting features I find most compelling.

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Share Your Images — Photo of the Day Gallery
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 27, 2024

Imagine seeing a photo you created displayed in an online gallery for all to admire. It could even end up being selected as the Shutterbug Photo of the Day and posted on our homepage.

Here's the quick and easy procedure, along with some tips to help you navigate to the upload page with just one click in the future. It's free, it's fun and it's a great way to share your creativity with the world.

Today the spotlight is on Jeff Van Scoyk, an amazing photographer and frequent Photo of the Day contributor. Tomorrow — the spotlight could be on you.

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BioLite Headlamps for Photographers, Cyclists, Joggers, Climbers, Hikers & Tire Changers
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 22, 2024

Put light where you need it. BioLite headlamps are affordable, comfortable and extremely well-made. As a photographer you'll find them an indispensable nighttime companion. And it you ever have to change a tire on a dark road, search at midnight for a doggo that wandered off, or face any emergency that includes a loss of power, you need a headlamp.

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Join Waitlist to Beta Test Professional Culling, Editing & Retouch App
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 15, 2024

AI Retouching is coming to Aftershoot soon, and you're invited to join the waitlist to become a beta tester.

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REVIEW: Tamron's Amazing 90mm f/2.8 Di III Macro
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 08, 2024

Tamron just announced the availability of a 90mm f/2.8 Macro lens for Sony E and Nikon Z full-frame and APS-C cameras. Shutterbug had the opportunity to shoot extensively with this new lens for a few weeks prior to its release. Here's our evaluation of the Tamron 90mm F/2.8 Di III Macro VXD (Model F072) and a gallery of sample images.

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Skylum's Aperty Offers New World of Editing Power to Professional Portrait Photographers
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 07, 2024

Skylum, makers of popular AI-powered Luminar Neo, has announced the release of Aperty, an all-new professional portrait editing solution that promises faster natural-looking results and abundant advanced features.

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